1185 Assassinating Hanwu Emperor (1/2)
Chapter 1185 – Assassinating Hanwu Emperor
After an hour of discussion, the Qing conquering legion corps name list was completed.
Ouyang Shuo had two principles regarding his choices. First, the Guards Legion Corps and the Dragon Legion Corps that had fought in successive wars would not participate this time. They would take the time to rest to prepare for the next large war.
Secondly, apart from the Beijiang region border defense legion corps, other border defense legion corps were not to participate.
After making those rules, the choices were limited.
The 4th and 5th legion of the Beijiang legion corps needed to defend Liaojin Province to prevent the Mongol Empire from attacking. On the other hand, the 3rd legion had to defend the beast caves and monitor the grain line.
Hence. only the 1st and 2nd legions could be sent.
The 2nd legion of the Yingzhou Formaiton would remain in Yingzhou Province, and the 1st legion would be sent.
The City Protection Legion Corps that had not been participating in many wars would send their 2nd, 4th, and 5th legions. The 2nd legion had to defend Mulan Stronghold, and the 4th legion had to defend Beihai City. As a result, they did not have many chances to fight wars.
If an army did not fight wars for a long time, problems would arise.
The capital defense duties of the City Protection Legion Corps would be taken over by the Guards Legion Corps that had returned to Shanhai City.
Similarly, the Eagle Legion Corps in charge of the Shu Lands had not fought many wars since their formation. This time the 1st, 2nd and 3rd legions would be sent, led personally by Li Mu.
Next would be the 1st and 2nd legions of the Bear Legion Corps.
Sending the Bear Legion Corps was because the Alliance Army needed a marshal. Han Xin was in Luoyang, Baiqi was resting, so Li Jing was the only choice. Moreover, the Bear Legion Corps needed to be trained.
In total, the Qing conquering army included the southwest warzone, Zhili army, and Beijiang legion corps, including four legion corps and one formation for a total of 11 legions and 770 thousand troops.
Just moving the soldiers would take up a week.
On the logistical front, apart from using the combat logistic supplies stored in Beijiang Governor-General House, they would use the ocean route to transport grain from Chuannan, Lingnan, and Minnan.
The Binhai and Yashan Squadrons would be in charge of escorting the ocean grain path.
After settling the battle plan, the Grand Council and the Privy Court got to work, trying to complete their preparations in the shortest amount of time possble. The spies of the Shanhai Guards and the Military Intelligence Division went right to work once the meeting ended.
The war machine that was Great Xia started rumbling into action once more.
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After ending the military meeting, Ouyang Shuo returned to the Imperial Reading Room.
The moment he sat down, he called Feng Qiuhuang through a video call. The Feng Qiuhuang who appeared on the screen looked calm, but exhaustion was evident at the corners of her eyes.
The huge war exploding, and a suppressive pressure was pressing down on her shoulders.
Unlike Great Xia, since the territory days, Great Jin had developed smoothly and did not have many problems apart from the family issues due to the region that they were in.
The battles they joined in were just battle maps and country wars.
To suddenly face the danger of being destroyed, the amount of pressure Feng Qiuhuang was facing was obvious. Luckily, Great Jin had Guo Ziyi, Ran Min, Meng Tian, Wang He, and other famous generals.
Guo Ziyi led the full blazing legion corps, while Meng Tian led the newly formed, four legion strong Guards Legion Corps. The two of them were seen as the two pillars of Great Jin.
General Ran Min was the commander of Feng Qiuhuang's Personal Guards and was in charge of Feng Qiuhuang's safety.
Ouyang Shuo went straight to the point, telling her Great Xia's plan and saying, ”If you defend for a month, the Great Jin problem will be settled. Can all of you hold on?”
A complicated expression flashed across her face. Since the start, Great Jin had simply owned Great Xia too much. Now, Great Xia was helping to dig them out of their problem once more. It seemed like she was not a decent ally.
At that moment, Feng Qiuhuang made a decision in her heart.
”Ouyang Shuo, I will not say much thanks. For Great Xia's kindness, I'll pay you back after this war,” Feng Qiuhuang said seriously.
Ouyang Shuo waved his hand, ”There's no need for thanks; we are allies.”
He did not bother to probe about the meaning behind Feng Qiuhuang's words.
Feng Qiuhuang looked deeply at Ouyang Shuo and did not say much. Instead, she changed the topic. Raising it up with much difficulty, she said, ”As for grain, I am afraid you will laugh at me, but the weather is too unusual, and the grain yield is bad. If we need to support the Leopard Legion Corps, we will not be able to last for a month and a half.”
As they say, 'If one forgets about war, one would be in danger.'
Different from Great Xia, Great Jin was at peace for too long. Their Combat Logistics Department did not have a habit of storing military grain and usually just stored a small amount during every harvest season.
The grain that they stored from the last season was running out.
The month and a half she mentioned was after using the disaster relief grain and seeking grain from the people. If not, they would not even manage to last a month.
Ouyang Shuo was mentally prepared and said understandingly, ”I predicted your problems. Although I cannot send grain over, you can stop sending grain to the Leopard Legion Corps.”
”How can we do that?”
She shook her head, ”Providing grain to the Leopard Legion Corps is our promise, and we cannot go against that. I'll rather we go a little hungry and still ensure the resource provision.”
”I'm telling you that not to share my problems but to remind you that if the battle drags on, we might not be able to hang on,” Feng Qiuhuang explained.
”I know.” Ouyang Shuo smiled, ”If nothing goes wrong, the Battle of Luoyang will end soon. With the current grain and gathering some from the land, they will have enough. Great Zhou is attacking aggressively, so you must not be careless. Do not fall because of grain.”
”Do not lie to me.”
Feng Qiuhuang was not one that was easy to fool, ”Luoyang is an imperial city, how would it be easy to take down?”
Ouyang Shuo did not explain much more, but he had to let her put her worries aside, ”Do I look like one who cares so much about face? Just wait for my good news.”
Feng Qiuhuang looked at Ouyang Shuo hesitantly and finally nodded.
Speaking the truth, Great Jin was having a grain problem. Once Fallen Pheonix City was surrounded, without enough grain amassed, they would not be able to defend. If they did not need to continue providing grain for the Leopard Legion Corps, the pressure would be greatly reduced.
Although it was a little selfish, they had no choice.
Following which, the two of them informed each other of their own situations and ended the conversation. Both of them were busy people and had a huge number of matters to handle.
Especially Feng Qiuhuang, who was so busy that she could not sit down to take a break.
Great Zhou had deliberately planned it from the start, attacking with lightning speed right away. They aimed directly at Fallen Phoenix City. Their goal was to cut off all possibilities of Great Xia reinforcements and surround Great Jin to the death.
Starting from the border, both armies started to go head to head. The battle was really intense.
Regardless of the outcome of this battle, Great Jin would definitely be badly hurt after this battle as the main battlefield.
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Hanging up the call, Ouyang Shuo did not hesitate. Following which, he found Tingyu Floor guild leader Jianqi Leiyin in his friend list and called her.
Before officially splitting, Jianqi Leiyin was an ally of Great Xia and was naturally his friend. When Gaia pushed out the communication compass, all friends were migrated over.